Evaluation of gastrointestinal cancer tissues as a source of genetic information for forensic investigations by using STRs

Forensic Science International

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 159-167

  Vauhkonen, H ^a,b   Hedman, M ^a   Vauhkonen, M ^b   Kataja, M ^c   Sipponen, P ^b   Sajantila, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forensic DNA; Forensic pathology; Neoplastic tissues; PCR; Short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 1042299123     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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